In the week ending Jan. 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial
claims was 589,000, an increase of 62,000 from the previous week's revised
figure of 527,000. The 4-week moving average was 519,250, unchanged
from the previous week's revised average of 519,250.

The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during
the week ending Jan. 10 was 4,607,000, an increase of 97,000 from the preceding
week's revised level of 4,510,000. The 4-week moving average was 4,559,750,
an increase of 58,750 from the preceding week's revised average of 4,501,000.

UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted,
totaled 768,858 in the week ending Jan. 17, a decrease of 187,905 from the previous
week. There were 415,149 initial claims in the comparable week in 2008.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 4.2 percent during the
week ending Jan. 10, a decrease of 0.2 percentage point from the prior week.
The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs
totaled 5,638,630, a decrease of 211,240 from the preceding week. A year earlier,
the rate was 2.5 percent and the volume was 3,272,000.

Extended benefits were available in North Carolina, Oregon, and Rhode Island during the week ending Jan. 3.

Initial claims for UI benefits by former Federal civilian employees totaled 2,605 in the week ending Jan. 10, an increase of 1,171 from the prior week. There were 2,316 initial claims by newly discharged veterans, an increase of 773 from the preceding week.

There were 21,070 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI benefits for the week ending Jan. 3, an increase of 1,378 from the previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits totaled 26,958, an increase of 1,068 from the prior week.

The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Jan. 10 were in Michigan (+34,639), California (+22,573), Florida (+20,658), North Carolina (+15,637), and Pennsylvania (+13,848), while the largest decreases were in South Carolina (-2,682), Massachusetts (-1,882), New York (-1,852), Iowa (-1,593), and Oregon (-856).

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE DATA FOR REGULAR STATE PROGRAMS

Advance

Prior1

WEEK ENDING

Jan. 17

Jan. 10

Change

Jan. 3

Year

Initial Claims (SA)

589,000

527,000

+62,000

470,000

324,000

Initial Claims
(NSA)

768,858

956,763

-187,905

731,958

415,149

4-Wk Moving Average
(SA)

519,250

519,250

0

526,500

327,000

Advance

Prior1

WEEK ENDING

Jan. 10

Jan. 3

Change

Dec. 27

Year

Ins. Unemployment
(SA)

4,607,000

4,510,000

+97,000

4,612,000

2,682,000

Ins. Unemployment
(NSA)

5,638,630

5,849,870

-211,240

5,317,388

3,272,000

4-Wk Moving Average
(SA)

4,559,750

4,501,000

+58,750

4,470,250

2,710,500

Ins. Unemployment
Rate (SA)2

3.4%

3.4%

0.0

3.4%

2.0%

Ins. Unemployment Rate
(NSA)2

4.2%

4.4%

-0.2

4.0%

2.5%

INITIAL CLAIMS FILED IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS (UNADJUSTED)

Prior1

WEEK ENDING

Jan. 10

Jan. 3

Change

Year

Federal Employees

2,605

1,434

+1,171

2,264

Newly Discharged Veterans

2,316

1,543

+773

1,785

PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS
(UNADJUSTED)

Prior1

WEEK ENDING

Jan. 3

Dec. 27

Change

Year

Federal Employees

21,070

19,692

+1,378

20,568

Newly Discharged Veterans

26,958

25,890

+1,068

24,995

Railroad RetirementBoard

5,000

5,000

0

4,000

Extended Benefits

3,103

1,640

+1,463

0

EUC 2008

2,091,706

1,665,778

+425,928

0

FOOTNOTESSA - Seasonally Adjusted DataNSA -
Not Seasonally Adjusted Data1 - Prior year is comparable
to most recent data.2 - Most recent week used covered employment of 133,886,830 as denominator.